For me it all started with an innate deep desire to be able to make music because to me that still remains a wonderful thing.

That deep desire is still as strong or stronger than it ever was.

Many like to call the end result of that deep desire, "talent". Perhaps it is at the root of what we call talent.

The realization that it was up to me to work at realizing the result of that deep desire started somewhere around the age of three.

Which gives the credit to parents and teachers who already knew how to start a youngster (or three yougsters in my family) off on the right musical feet.

I am constantly amazed at the number of people of my generation who have decided to be musicians yet have never decided that taking any serious amount of formal lessons or training should be a large part of the endeavor. The many always resort to citing the one who didn't have -- or perhaps didn't appear to have -- those formal lessons and training yet succeeded.

The good news for all is that it is never too late.

Govern yourselves accordingly.


--Mac